Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 5, 2020

The Hill: International court for first time approves war crimes investigation of US forces

International court for first time approves war crimes investigation of US forces

Appeals judges on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday approved a request to investigate alleged war crimes committed by U.S. military forces, CIA personnel, the Taliban and Afghan forces in Afghanistan.

The move overturns a lower court decision and allows prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to launch a probe into alleged war crimes by U.S. forces for the first time, according to The Associated Press. The U.S. government has long refused to cooperate with the court.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 5, 2020

International court approves Afghanistan investigation -- AP

1 US military member, 5 service members' dependents have coronavirus in South Korea: Pentagon officials -- FOX News

Army, Navy, Air Force screening recruits for coronavirus -- The Hill

All Military Services Are Now Screening New Recruits for Deadly Coronavirus -- Military.com

The Army Wants to Design a Coronavirus Test Kit That Can Screen Whole Units at Once -- Military.com

Top Pentagon doctor says most troops not at great risk for coronavirus -- Military Times

Military stores working to replenish depleted stocks of hand sanitizer, masks -- Military Times

F-35 Full-Rate Production May Slip Again -- Air Force Magazine

Air Force Is Still Short More Than 2,000 Pilots -- Corey Dickstein, Stars and Stripes

F-35 program head pushes back on Elon Musk’s critique of the Joint Strike Fighter -- Defense News

A 2nd US Navy aircraft carrier is visiting Vietnam amid simmering tensions with China -- SCMP

CSG-12 assumes operational control of USS Gerald Ford -- UPI

US Army Doubts Iron Dome Can Kill Cruise Missiles -- Breaking Defense

Army to buy additional BONUS munitions for howitzers -- UPI

The US military is putting sensors on body armor that can detect and measure exposure to potentially harmful blast -- Business Insider

Fate of ex-CIA employee charged with massive data leak in jury's hands -- CNN

2 Chinese men plead guilty to photographing US Navy base -- ABC News

Exclusive: Army Special Forces command disbands elite units -- SOFREP

US Special Operations Command is looking for a new armored vehicle -- Task & Purpose

The US Army is sending 20,000 troops across the Atlantic to see if they have the 'bandwidth' to fight a major war -- Business Insider

US-Israeli anti-missile drill aborted over coronavirus fears -- Defense News

Another US-Israel joint military exercise canceled due to coronavirus fears -- CNN

Participants in Major NATO Drill Quarantined Over Coronavirus Suspicions -- Sputnik

Canada's military ordered to begin 'pre-pandemic planning' -- CBC

Pentagon says Patriot sale to Turkey still on table -- Al-Monitor

Turkey’s drones are battle tested and ready for export -- C4ISRNet

Russia’s top brass to unveil new heavy flamethrower at Moscow’s Victory Day parade -- TASS

Chinese surveillance giants blacklisted by Trump's administration are set to appear at a major US security trade show -- Business Insider

What we know about the laser a Chinese warship flashed at a US Navy patrol plane -- Business Insider/The Aviationist

India Seizes Chinese Ship Carrying Material to 'Manufacture Nuke-Capable Missiles' in Pakistan -- Sputnik

U.K. Navy Has Just Bought What Could Be the World's Biggest Underwater Drone—And It Can Be Armed -- Newsweek

Japan commissions first Soryu-class submarine equipped with lithium-ion batteries -- Jane's 360

This Stealth Fighter Could Dominate the Skies Until 2060 -- National Interest

Laser weapons are almost ready for the battlefield -- The Economist

The City Is Not Neutral: Why Urban Warfare Is So Hard -- John Spencer, Modern War Institute